Liverpool’s Andy Carroll is February picture in official Newcastle calendar

Newcastle fans upset at
Andy Carroll’s decision to join Liverpool in a staggering £35million deal will find it hard to forget the England striker as his profile is the February image in the club’s official calendar.

Carroll joined Liverpool on Monday after signing a five-and-a-half year deal at Anfield, paving the way for Fernando Torres to join Chelsea in a British record £50million move.

Newcastle fans are less than impressed at Mike Ashley, the club’s owner, for letting Carroll leave and club legend Alan Shearer has said supporters are well within their rights to be upset.

‘After listening to Andy say he wants to stay at Newcastle, and listening to the chief executive and the owner and the manager saying he was going nowhere, I think they’ll be disappointed,’ the former England number nine said.

‘But from the club’s point of view, you’ve got to say that £35m, or whatever it is, is just a massive amount of money.

‘If you’re inside the football club you can see why they’ve had to accept that.’

Despite manager Alan Pardew claiming ‘every penny’ from the Carroll deal with be invested back into the club, fans are nonetheless furious at losing their star striker.